VAW that is committed, abetted or aggravated through the use of ICTs and in online spaces are part of the continuum of violence

Since 2006, cyberstalking, online harassment, image manipulation and privacy violations have increasingly become part of intimate-partner violence and sexual harassment, compromising women and girls’ safety online and offline in many countries. Read APC’s Women’s Rights Programme statement to the 57th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women.